Take a
look at a collection of acts of misconduct by New York licensees, taken
randomly from public records:

Profession: Architect; License No. (removed); Cal. No. 21188; March 23, 2004.
Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of signing and sealing plans prepared
by another individual without preparing his own evaluation and written report.

Profession: Professional Engineer; License No. (removed); Cal. No. 17881;
09/13/2002.
Summary: Licensee did not contest charge of routinely permitting others to proofread
his reports and sign and affix his seal to said reports.

Profession: Professional Engineer, Land Surveyor; Lic. Nos. (removed); Cal.
Nos. 20051, 20052; September 13, 2002. Summary: On three occasions, licensee
did not contest charge of certifying inspection forms for which professional
services were not properly performed and failing to maintain documents and
records, and certifying a survey map and failing to adequately support the map
from fieldwork and failing to maintain documents and records.

This course gets to the source of these and other sealing and certification
mistakes; it does so in a clear, concise, and straightforward presentation.
Just a few of the topics covered are: (1) The dos and don'ts of sealing and
signing certifications, (2) the adoption of work prepared by others, (3) the
exemptions, exceptions, and special situations to sealing, (4) the avoidance of
sealing improprieties due to practice overlap, (5) the performance of minor,
out-of-discipline work, incidental to primary licensed practice.

The course material is limited to New York laws and practices. However, there
is remarkable similarity among the various States because of their adherence to
model laws and model rules adopted by both the National Council of
Architectural Registration Boards and the National Council of Examiners for
Engineering and Surveying. Therefore, professional practitioners licensed in
other States may find the content informative. They may be inspired to examine
the substance of their native jurisdiction's rules and regulations, if for no
other reason than to contrast it to that of New York's.

This course includes a multiple-choice quiz at the end, which is designed to
enhance the understanding of course materials.

NY PE & PLS: You must choose courses that are technical in nature or related to matters of laws and ethics contributing to the health and welfare of the public. NY Board does not accept courses related to office management, risk management, leadership, marketing, accounting, financial planning, real estate, and basic CAD. Specific course topics that are on the borderline and are not acceptable by the NY Board have been noted under the course description on our website.

AIA Members: You must take the courses listed under the category "AIA/CES Registered Courses" if you want us to report your Learning Units (LUs) to AIA/CES. If you take courses not registered with AIA/CES, you need to report the earned Learning Units (not qualified for HSW credits) using Self Report Form provided by AIA/CES.